8:24 PM ET NHL commissioner Gary Bettman discussed a potential four-arena plan for a season restart, a draft held before the season is completed and fans returning to games during a wide-ranging interview with Sportsnet on Wednesday. “Anything we’re considering doing starts with health and well-being, whether it’s the players or other personnel or fans
Month: April 2020
7:23 PM ET As the coronavirus crisis forces all sports leagues to re-evaluate how they can once again host thousands of fans at stadiums across the country, at least one prominent data scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says there are steps teams can take that will make arenas “as safe as public parks.”
7:25 PM ET NEW YORK — After testing positive for the coronavirus, New York Knicks owner James Dolan has now recovered and is volunteering to donate blood plasma for various medical trials, a team spokesperson confirmed to ESPN. Dolan’s second test — nearly 3½ weeks after the positive test result — was negative. He has
7:27 PM ET New York Giants defensive lineman Leonard Williams signed his franchise tag. The question now is whether he will be compensated as a defensive end or defensive tackle, according to a report by ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Williams wants to be listed as a defensive end. It would be more lucrative for him if
7:21 PM ET Halle Berry found out the hard way about the perils of being in the cage with Valentina Shevchenko, one of the world’s best MMA fighters. Berry, the Hollywood A-lister, said Tuesday on The Tonight Show that she “broke some bones” during a movie fight scene last year with Shevchenko, the UFC women’s
7:06 PM ET ESPN News Services New Jersey Devils interim coach Alain Nasreddine is focusing on a having his team ready to play should the NHL resume games after a pause caused by coronavirus pandemic rather than whether he will have a job next season. Speaking in conference call Wednesday, Nasreddine said he is aware
6:20 PM ET The WBC has reinstated Devin Haney as its full lightweight titleholder, four months after declaring him champion in recess because of a right shoulder injury suffered during a defense of his belt in November. The injury sustained against Alfredo Santiago and subsequent surgery left Haney unable to honor a mandatory defense against
6:24 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jim Jones, a former academic assistant to football coaching great Woody Hayes who went on to serve as Ohio State athletic director in the 1980s and ’90s, has died. He was 83. Jones died Wednesday in Bonita Springs, Florida, of natural causes, the university said. Jones started
2:00 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN Have you ever seen those memes about how fun it would be to be coworkers with your best friend? In sports, it happens more than you would think. On Tuesday, tight end Rob Gronkowski came out of retirement to return to the NFL. Having retired with the New England Patriots,
5:38 PM ET Associated Press The U.S. Tennis Association is warning folks: “No Bryan Brothers chest bumps.” That was among the suggestions from the USTA on Wednesday, when it offered return-to-play guidelines to help players and people running tennis facilities know when — and how — the sport should resume at the amateur level as
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